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safety n.安全；保险 (1) 新的汽车设计具备最新安全措施的一切特点。(2) 确保船只的安全是船长的责任。(3) 管理部门采取了一切合理的安全措施。(4) 把交通安全常识教给孩子们是非常重要的。(5) 为保险起见，请把钱放到饭店的保险箱里。 Safety, besides meaning "the state of being safe," is used for things that promote safety. If you designate a special meeting place in case of emergency, that place is a safety. If you use contraception during sex, that's also a safety, to prevent pregnancy. In football it's a safety if a player is tackled behind his own goal line. And if you hit the baseball in a way to ensure you reach the base, that's called a safety too.

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英 ['seɪfti] 美 ['seɪfti] (1) The new car design incorporates all the latest safety features.(2) The safety of the ship is the captain's responsibility.(3) The management took all reasonable safety precautions.(4) It's very important to teach the children about road safety.(5) Put the money in the hotel safe for safety. A safety is a device that helps keep you from doing bad things, like the safety on a gun that prevents you from pulling the trigger accidentally. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]平安；安全 Safety is the state of being safe from harm or danger. The report goes on to make a number of recommendations to improve safety on aircraft.该报告接着给出了一系列改善飞机安全性能的建议。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]安全场所；安全的地方 If you reach safety, you reach a place where you are safe from danger.   [oft prep N]He stumbled through smoke and fumes given off from her burning sofa to pull her to safety...她的沙发着火了，他冒着浓烟跌跌撞撞地把她拉到安全的地方。Guests ran for safety as the device went off in a ground-floor men's toilet...一层男厕所里的炸弹爆炸后，客人们纷纷逃命而去。The refugees were groping their way through the dark, trying to reach safety.难民摸黑前进，试图转移到安全的地方。...the safety of one's own home.自己安全的家中3[N-SING 单数名词]安全程度；安全性；无害；无危险 If you are concerned about the safety of something, you are concerned that it might be harmful or dangerous.   [with poss]...consumers are showing growing concern about the safety of the food they buy...消费者越来越关注所购食品的安全性。The safety of tacrine has not yet been proven, and there is concern that it causes damage to the liver.他克林的安全性尚未得到证实，有人担心它会对肝脏造成损害。4[N-SING 单数名词](某人的)安全 If you are concerned for someone's safety, you are concerned that they might be in danger.   [with poss]There is grave concern for the safety of witnesses...人们非常担心证人的安全。The two youths today declined to testify because they said they feared for their safety.这两个年轻人今天拒绝作证，称他们是出于对自身安全的担心。5[ADJ 形容词](特征、措施)保障安全的 Safety features or measures are intended to make something less dangerous.   [ADJ n]The built-in safety device compensates for a fall in water pressure.该内置式安全装置在水压下降时能提供保护。...safety glasses.护目镜6[PHRASE 短语]人多保险；人多势众 If you say that there is safety in numbers, you mean that you are safer doing something if there are a lot of people doing it rather than doing it alone.   [usu v-link PHR]Many people still feel there is safety in numbers when belonging to a union.许多人仍然感到加入工会后会有强大的后盾。

英语单词	safety
英美音标	英 ['seɪfti] 美 ['seɪfti]
中文释义	n.安全；保险
英语例句	(1) The new car design incorporates all the latest safety features. (2) The safety of the ship is the captain's responsibility. (3) The management took all reasonable safety precautions. (4) It's very important to teach the children about road safety. (5) Put the money in the hotel safe for safety.
中文例句	(1) 新的汽车设计具备最新安全措施的一切特点。 (2) 确保船只的安全是船长的责任。 (3) 管理部门采取了一切合理的安全措施。 (4) 把交通安全常识教给孩子们是非常重要的。 (5) 为保险起见，请把钱放到饭店的保险箱里。
vocabulary简明	A safety is a device that helps keep you from doing bad things, like the safety on a gun that prevents you from pulling the trigger accidentally.
vocabulary扩展	Safety, besides meaning "the state of being safe," is used for things that promote safety. If you designate a special meeting place in case of emergency, that place is a safety. If you use contraception during sex, that's also a safety, to prevent pregnancy. In football it's a safety if a player is tackled behind his own goal line. And if you hit the baseball in a way to ensure you reach the base, that's called a safety too.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]平安；安全 Safety is the state of being safe from harm or danger. The report goes on to make a number of recommendations to improve safety on aircraft. 该报告接着给出了一系列改善飞机安全性能的建议。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]安全场所；安全的地方 If you reach safety, you reach a place where you are safe from danger. [oft prep N] He stumbled through smoke and fumes given off from her burning sofa to pull her to safety... 她的沙发着火了，他冒着浓烟跌跌撞撞地把她拉到安全的地方。 Guests ran for safety as the device went off in a ground-floor men's toilet... 一层男厕所里的炸弹爆炸后，客人们纷纷逃命而去。 The refugees were groping their way through the dark, trying to reach safety. 难民摸黑前进，试图转移到安全的地方。 ...the safety of one's own home. 自己安全的家中 3 [N-SING 单数名词]安全程度；安全性；无害；无危险 If you are concerned about the safety of something, you are concerned that it might be harmful or dangerous. [with poss] ...consumers are showing growing concern about the safety of the food they buy... 消费者越来越关注所购食品的安全性。 The safety of tacrine has not yet been proven, and there is concern that it causes damage to the liver. 他克林的安全性尚未得到证实，有人担心它会对肝脏造成损害。 4 [N-SING 单数名词](某人的)安全 If you are concerned for someone's safety, you are concerned that they might be in danger. [with poss] There is grave concern for the safety of witnesses... 人们非常担心证人的安全。 The two youths today declined to testify because they said they feared for their safety. 这两个年轻人今天拒绝作证，称他们是出于对自身安全的担心。 5 [ADJ 形容词](特征、措施)保障安全的 Safety features or measures are intended to make something less dangerous. [ADJ n] The built-in safety device compensates for a fall in water pressure. 该内置式安全装置在水压下降时能提供保护。 ...safety glasses. 护目镜 6 [PHRASE 短语]人多保险；人多势众 If you say that there is safety in numbers, you mean that you are safer doing something if there are a lot of people doing it rather than doing it alone. [usu v-link PHR] Many people still feel there is safety in numbers when belonging to a union. 许多人仍然感到加入工会后会有强大的后盾。

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